Just got back in from the club in Chicago....here's why nikkas are losing

[Luck]

Majority of the Asian restaurants are Americanized anyway. The cuisine you find in Asian restaurants in America is usually different from what you'd find on the Asian continent.

The principle is still the same. These businessmen are still opening up culturally-themed restaurant chains with no real relationship to the culture. The owner saw that there was a need for a particular 'urban-themed' venue in the area and he opened a business in line with his target demographic. Where you can fault him is for not hiring people from within the community.

The question shouldn't be "why is this only happening in our communities?" - because it's not. The question is, why aren't there more black owners of such establishments? That's another discussion entirely, but what's clear is that black people need to value ownership more. Still, it's not the case everywhere. In Atlanta for instance, I can think of numerous black-owned clubs that cater to varying demographics. These are in mixed communities as well. Now can a black man with enough financial clout open up a similar venue on a white area? Of course he could.. it doesn't necessarily mean that it would make for best business practice.

Yea you're purposely missing point and you need to actually read the op

That's because these establishments are in black communities. If someone (white, black or other) opens up a Mexican restaurant in a predominantly Hispanic community, the patrons by and large are going to be Hispanic.

It's ironic that OP is making this particular criticism while working for the establishment. I presume that you won't be working there again in light of this revelation?


The point was very much understood.

But as I said in the OP I work personal security

 

[3rdWorld]

nikkas will be called a c00n though if they opened a country bar.

Imagine the thread title: "open a bar to tap dance for white acceptance brehs".

It would still be an interesting social and economic experiment..

 

[sportscribe]

But as I said in the OP I work personal security

Would you ever patronize this venue in light of this fact?

 

[Red Shield]

It won't change until and unless we leave this country.​

Yeah, that's what I've been thinking too. Only problem with that.. is a sizable percentage of black folk are going to be left behind.

 

[Luck]

Would you ever patronize this venue in light of this fact?

No, never even heard of it before I had to work for my client nor is it relevant to what I posted

But you already proved your ignorance and quickness to cape in your earlier posts so I can't take you serious at all

 

[Luck]

Yeah, that's what I've been thinking too. Only problem with that.. is a sizable percentage of black folk are going to be left behind.

Where would we go????

 

[Tanahashi Coates]

So I'm working personal security at club shrine.

Went there once and never fukked with it again. I used to work overnights down the street on Wabash and would always run into the crowds if I went to Harolds for lunch break.

The owner is white as rice, there's cac cops outside yelling and talking to people like children, bartenders and management were primarily cac.

What's crazy is Reggie's on State always has metal shows where cacs are throwing fists in the pit yet I've never seen cops out there at close like The Shrine. Isn't there a bar downtown that's black owned and had issues for the Mayweather fight?

 

[KOohbt]

So I'm working personal security at club shrine. It's a packed house full of our people, athletes and couple of other hood celebrities paying out the ass for vip and bottle service, pictures of Fela Kuti and other black icons on the walls, etc... Everybody's cool, the women are looking good, nikkas drinking and chilling but here's the catch: The owner is white as rice, there's cac cops outside yelling and talking to people like children, bartenders and management were primarily cac.

Now this isn't a dig to nikkas that want to go kick it and have fun on a Saturday night but how in the entire hell is this even possible? Could we as black people start a white themed bar / club with primarily black staff in a white area and have success? Could whites do the same with Asians or Mexicans and have success? I'm asking seriously because maybe there are other examples of this somewhere where their big spenders are cashing out spots owned by other races. Meanwhile the couple of black owned spots that do try to open up shop are closed because of regular violence or other shyt that causes them to lose their liquor license but at the white mans house we know how to act

Like I said, this isn't a dig to anyone but i see the same shyt with us in our own areas we live in. nikkas will litter and fukk up our own areas but let some blacks go live in some white areas then it's a totally different story.

How can this mentality change and what can be done about it?

You should open and bar/club/lounge. Problem solved...

 

[JBoy]

The problem I see it is Blacks have been reduced to a "consumer class" in America for so long that has been limited to what we were allowed to own that many of us don't think twice about going to other establishments, other races that immigrate to the States come from country that while not as advanced economically, are countries where they are often used to seeing people from their group in business (though many of these countries also have dominant minority groups that are also over represented in owing businesses to be fair) to the point where it is natural for them to open up their own stores when they get here

 

[PhonZhi]

I call myself a nikka and it's an endearing term to me.

Disappointed to hear this but to your thread and observation. Many of us dont even have the mindset and awareness to even NOTICE things like this. Hope this thread does numbers. Our problem is extremely deep-rooted (self-hate). I wish their was easy "solutions" but honesty we're facing trying to reverse 500 years of being conditioned to hate, fear, and distrust ourselves & viewing the white man as the messiah

 

[I_Q]

400 years of slavery, followed by Jim Crow got us to where we are right now psychologically as a people. Change isn't going to happen over night. As much as I hate to say it, I really do believe that the majority of black people view white people as superior. No one would ever admit it, but I think the reason we act the way that we do (the arrogance, flashiness, over sexualization) is a way of compensating and/or coping with the reality that, at least right now at this point in time, white people have won. I don't think it will stay this way, as nothing lasts forever, but the phycological damage of slavery is currently affecting us right now even still in 2015. We don't love ourselves, we don't love one another, and we continue to put whites on a pedestal. If we were as efficient at owning our culture as we were at creating it...we'd be a force to be reckoned with!!!

Great post most Black Americans are white washed as fukk and dont even know it. Our views, our unrealistic standards we place on each other, our whole fukking mindset is on some blind mouse shyt. But white people havent won shyt, the 1 percent got them just as brainwashed and theyre losing too its just that the media loves to shove black negativity down our throats and we eat it with smiles on our faces. I barely post on here because i get disgusted by alot of the shyt I read. Ignorance, trolls, and shills run rampant on here I wish people would turn the fukking news off and at least attempt to digest some real shyt instead of sticking to the script

 

[Luck]

Went there once and never fukked with it again. I used to work overnights down the street on Wabash and would always run into the crowds if I went to Harolds for lunch break.



What's crazy is Reggie's on State always has metal shows where cacs are throwing fists in the pit yet I've never seen cops out there at close like The Shrine. Isn't there a bar downtown that's black owned and had issues for the Mayweather fight?

I don't know of any black owned bars downtown.

There's always a crowd out there recently because so many pro athletes go there and it's the "hot" club now

You should open and bar/club/lounge. Problem solved...

Breh I fukks with you but I don't know if this is a serious post or sarcastic one

Opening up a nightspot in Chicago / Illinois takes a million dollar plus investment with insurance, liquor license, property, employees, etc..

It isn't easy to do but when a black person does make it happen we don't appreciate it

 

[Red Shield]

Where would we go????

Well the blacks that can.. would roll out to Africa. Like I said... the vast percentage of AA's are going to remain in the USA

 

[scarlxrd]

How can this mentality change and what can be done about it?

We need to stop looking for acceptance from the dominant society. Meaning collectively, we stop funding these places. Wasn't there an incident in Virginia with Pusha T with the same type of bullshyt? I'll never understand tripping over myself to give my money and energy to someone who openly doesn't fukk with me.

so you want to start a respectable business with people who look like you but you, yourself, don't even respect them enough to call them something other than ******s?

Dont chew with your mouth open.

 

[Luck]

Disappointed to hear this but to your thread and observation. Many of us dont even have the mindset and awareness to even NOTICE things like this. Hope this thread does numbers. Our problem is extremely deep-rooted (self-hate). I wish their was easy "solutions" but honesty we're facing trying to reverse 500 years of being conditioned to hate, fear, and distrust ourselves & viewing the white man as the messiah

Breh you're making me feel bad for doubting and questioning you before. I don't ask or demand anyone else go by my mindset with the word "nikka" but I'm not never about to let cacs win or have any victory related to it. They are going to say ****** regardless of our opinions of it

Yes we do have solutions that you, I, and all of the black conscious community have to promote. these discussions help promote the cause